Wednesday, November 26, 2014

It’s Leanne here with
you today to share a quick and easy technique to add to some colour to plain
vellum die cuts.

I have a huge stash of goodies that never seems to get any smaller and
today I decided to play with some older items from my stash.

I gathered some
plain vellum, old Cuttlebug dies and my Copic markers with an idea to make a Thank
You card for a dear friend.

I started by cutting
some different shaped leaves from the vellum.

I then chose a couple
of colours of Copic Markers to work with and went about colouring the reverse
side of the leaves. You don’t need to colour perfectly – I think it looks
better if your colours are a bit streaky!

Now it’s time to give
the leaves some texture! I like to fold the along the centre of the leaf and
then simply scrunch them up and unfold slightly to ensure there is lots of
dimension.

I then used
Brilliance ink in Galaxy Gold to add some sparkle to the edges and creases of
the leaves.

Now you have lovely
handmade embellishments to use on your future projects!

And this is my completed card where I have added a Prima flower to coordinate with the yellow vellum leaves.

I hope this has inspired you to get out your dies, vellum and markers and make your own embellishments.

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Hi everyone, it's Louise with you today and I will be sharing a how-to video for this card......

I, like many others, have a huge stash of washi tape and I am often looking for ways to make a dent in all that tape! This is a quick card to mass-produce for Christmas and you can use whatever colour scheme you wish depending on the tapes you have.

I hope you enjoy my video and please leave a comment if you have any questions :-)